Fresh install vs Upgrade

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hello Guys
My question is what is the best option of installing Vista. A fresh install
or upgrading? And is there any disadvantages or advantages of a fresh install
or upgrading.
I am using XP MCE

Answer only if you are sure

Thank you!
 
Hi,

Guess very few will be sure about individual cases, but only for your
considerations if I were you, I'd buy a new HDD and do the clean
installation. Reasons are very simple:

(1) Simply stated, I don't have any pressure and I don't have to worry about
the worst case scenario for what if it failed. If it failed or not stable,
I could have all the time I wanted for troubleshooting. If I don't have
time, I put back the old HDD and continue my work.

(2) I don't have to worry about backing up old stuffs and so on.

(3) It's a new OS, so I'd like to have a fresh new start and cleaning out
the old mess.

The time I spent on installing all applications again is worthwhile just to
compensate the risk of (1).

Again, I'm not sure about you but that's I'll do for new OS.
 
Thanks !

Mate

xfile said:
Hi,

Guess very few will be sure about individual cases, but only for your
considerations if I were you, I'd buy a new HDD and do the clean
installation. Reasons are very simple:

(1) Simply stated, I don't have any pressure and I don't have to worry about
the worst case scenario for what if it failed. If it failed or not stable,
I could have all the time I wanted for troubleshooting. If I don't have
time, I put back the old HDD and continue my work.

(2) I don't have to worry about backing up old stuffs and so on.

(3) It's a new OS, so I'd like to have a fresh new start and cleaning out
the old mess.

The time I spent on installing all applications again is worthwhile just to
compensate the risk of (1).

Again, I'm not sure about you but that's I'll do for new OS.
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Time to complete the transition is the biggest disadvantage choosing
the upgrade path. A fresh Vista install will take <~30 minutes. One
reason for upgrading is the original OS/Apps may be an OEM image.
The user won't have the individual install media for the non-OS apps
the vendor installs. To preserve those apps an upgrade is in order. I
use MCE and have upgraded to Vista. The platform is a Core Duo
Sony notebook. The last upgrade took 1:42 to finish. However once
done all my apps/settings where still in place. Contrary to earlier types
of upgrades, Vista upgrades are more like a Fresh Install where all
the apps & user data are layered back into Vista. Regardless of the
path you choose, I'd use Disk/Volume imaging to preserve your PC's
current setup.

If you have 100% install media and have personal data backed up
then go the Fresh Install path. Otherwise take an Image of your OS
partition and do an upgrade.

Because of System loading and program interactions many Windows
users have convinced themselves that a Fresh install is always best.
Even today there are scores of users who regularly take their machine
back to "Bare Metal" and re-install everything several times a year.
Nothing wrong with that, but many times it is unnecessary.
 
A very nice explanation. I do think it is important for
users to understand that the "install" process is vastly
different for Vista. Whether it is an "upgrade" or "clean"
install- the install of Vista will always be clean because
it is an *image* that is put down on the disk. I have found,
as you stated, there are programs that will work after an
upgrade install but are almost impossible to install or get
to work properly after doing a clean/fresh install.

My suggestion for those doing an "upgrade" install is to
remove any programs that you don't want, don't use, and
especially, any AVs or protection software you have installed
in XP prior to the Vista upgrade. Vista will also do a compatibility
check, be sure to remove those programs it says may not work.
I'd also do a good cleanup of XP prior to upgrading- the less stuff
Vista has to take account of, the better. The more stuff you have,
especially programs, the longer the upgrade will take. Over two hours
is not uncommon.


-Michael
 
yeah, i will take your advice

Thanks


R. McCarty said:
Time to complete the transition is the biggest disadvantage choosing
the upgrade path. A fresh Vista install will take <~30 minutes. One
reason for upgrading is the original OS/Apps may be an OEM image.
The user won't have the individual install media for the non-OS apps
the vendor installs. To preserve those apps an upgrade is in order. I
use MCE and have upgraded to Vista. The platform is a Core Duo
Sony notebook. The last upgrade took 1:42 to finish. However once
done all my apps/settings where still in place. Contrary to earlier types
of upgrades, Vista upgrades are more like a Fresh Install where all
the apps & user data are layered back into Vista. Regardless of the
path you choose, I'd use Disk/Volume imaging to preserve your PC's
current setup.

If you have 100% install media and have personal data backed up
then go the Fresh Install path. Otherwise take an Image of your OS
partition and do an upgrade.

Because of System loading and program interactions many Windows
users have convinced themselves that a Fresh install is always best.
Even today there are scores of users who regularly take their machine
back to "Bare Metal" and re-install everything several times a year.
Nothing wrong with that, but many times it is unnecessary.
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Thanks for your help

Cheers!

MICHAEL said:
A very nice explanation. I do think it is important for
users to understand that the "install" process is vastly
different for Vista. Whether it is an "upgrade" or "clean"
install- the install of Vista will always be clean because
it is an *image* that is put down on the disk. I have found,
as you stated, there are programs that will work after an
upgrade install but are almost impossible to install or get
to work properly after doing a clean/fresh install.

My suggestion for those doing an "upgrade" install is to
remove any programs that you don't want, don't use, and
especially, any AVs or protection software you have installed
in XP prior to the Vista upgrade. Vista will also do a compatibility
check, be sure to remove those programs it says may not work.
I'd also do a good cleanup of XP prior to upgrading- the less stuff
Vista has to take account of, the better. The more stuff you have,
especially programs, the longer the upgrade will take. Over two hours
is not uncommon.


-Michael
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